More links and websites

• Auckland Regional Council – parks

  Information on the many parks in Auckland city and region.

• Friends of the Wellington Town Belt

  A website about Wellington’s town belt.

• Sanctuaries of New Zealand

  A website aimed at people managing biodiversity sanctuaries.

• Scenery preservation in New Zealand

  Information about the history of scenery preservation laws and practice, on NZ History.

• Wellington Community Garden Network

  Information about community gardens in Wellington, contact details and information for getting involved.

More suggestions and sources

• Auckland Regional Council.Regional parks management plan. Auckland: Auckland Regional Council, 2008.
• Christchurch City Council.Draft Hagley Park management plan. Christchurch: Christchurch City Council, 2006.
• Cook, Walter. ‘Wellington’s town belt – a people’s park and a heritage for everyone. The 1991 Ian Galloway Memorial Lecture.’Horticulture in New Zealand 2, no. 2 (Winter 1991): 15–18.
• Hargreaves, R. P. ‘Urban open spaces in Victorian New Zealand.’ In L. D. B. Hennan and G. W. Kearsley, eds.Man, environment and planning: essays in honour of Ronald Lister. Dunedin: University of Otago, Dept. of Geography, 1981.
• Strongman, Thelma.City beautiful: the first 100 years of the Christchurch Beautifying Association. Christchurch: Clerestory, 1999.
• Tritenbach, Paul.Botanic gardens and parks in New Zealand: an illustrated record. Auckland: Excellence Press, 1987.